The Premier League has stated they’re going to clamp down on fans posting unofficial videos of goals online.
Thousands of goal Vines were posted on social media during the World Cup.
With the new football season starting tomorrow the trend was expected to continue.
However the Premier League has said that tweeting copyrighted material is illegal and are warning supporters not to do it.
Being able to pause and rewind live TV has made it easier for anyone to film footage from a match.
If you missed a goal at this year’s World Cup it didn’t really matter.
Vines were uploaded onto social media within moments, allowing fans to watch and share them over and over again.
But many supporters don’t realise by sharing the videos on websites like Twitter they’re breaking copyright laws.
In an interview with Newsbeat, Dan Johnson, director of communications at the Premier League, said: “You can understand that fans see something, they can capture it, they can share it, but ultimately it is against the law.”
“It’s a breach of copyright and we would discourage fans from doing it, we’re developing technologies like gif crawlers, Vine crawlers, working with Twitter to look to curtail this kind of activity.”
He added: “I know it sounds as if we’re killjoys but we have to protect our intellectual property.”
Sky Sports and BT Sport paid a record £3bn pounds to show three seasons’ worth of live Premier League football.
The Sun and The Times bought the online rights and they don’t want people to be able to see the action for free.
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